The Week the Islanders Announced They’re Moving to Brooklyn

After years of trying to build a new arena in Nassau County, the Islanders this week announced that they're staying in the area but leaving the suburbs for Brooklyn's Barclays Center. Is it a perfect situation? Well, no. The arena, after all, wasn't really designed for hockey. But it's still good news for Islanders fans, who otherwise might have seen their team move a whole lot further away than Brooklyn. In honor of the announcement, we looked back at the 1941-42 Brooklyn Americans — a team that, despite it's name, played its home games in Manhattan. But what happened this week that didn't involve losing a chance to see the funky Barclays Center hockey configuration?